old laptop phenom cpu?

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i got a old laptop that has a phenom p820 cpu which is triple core highlighted in this pic below:

the kiddo uses this laptop for home learning with ms teams and it is lagging some.
going by the cpus in the chart most are cheapo from auction sites around 15 quid, which would be better for his needs?
i dunno if quad core will be better but i get the feeling the dual core with much higher clocks may be better suited for ms teams. what do you guys rekon?
also replacement cpu needs to stay in the 25w limit my current cpu is. so either a p650, or p860 or p960 are my options.

 

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slow scrolling down in teams general slowness. its got 4gb ram and 60gb ssd. so fast at loading stuff up. youtube is slow its just like symptoms of slow cpu performance.

 

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Is it defo a socket CPU ergo can be replaced. I understood most are BGA?

hold on let me get more info about it, its deffo a hp g62, i should have pics of it where i took the mobo out to repair.

 

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here you go:

it is a socketed cpu. i need to find the cpu support list for this laptop, im wondering if i can stick a higher wattage cpu in it like a 35w one.

 

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Does your son have a monitor, keyboard and mouse? I recently bought a Intel NUC for my son, daughter got upgraded to his prior Surface Pro so have a Lenovo Q190 knocking about you can have, adequate for home schooling.
It was going to be taken into a school to be repurposed.
Happy to let you have it if you can make use out of it - just will need to reuse your SSD.

That would be good thanks for your generosity. I have a spare 19 inch screen and have keyboard and mouse lying about too.
Want me to cover post etc? Trust me details.

 

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. Is that defo 4gb ram too, I note one says 1gb, the other stick 2gb. What version of Windows is this on?

Yea i changed ram stick to a spare 2gb one i had so its got 2 x 2gb in it. Its running windows 10 which i suspect is the issue. It could be the random windows updates that start on the sly and slow it down.

 

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Please trust me over your email chap

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Awsome

 

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Ah thats cool should be able to pickup one of those power adapters from somewhere.



Regarding the current laptop. Would a 2.6ghz dual core be better than the current 1.8ghz triple core?

 

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is ms teams available on linux?

im trying to find some benches of these old cpus but got a feeling its just gonna be down to ipc since these cpus are older than even bulldozer.

 

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Awesome. Lots of delivery issues going on these days

 

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Royal mail were being terrible mate, said I had to come back today.
Posted today mate 1st class bud - should be with you next couple of days.

arrived today, its tiny and like a laptop inside. iv put in a 120gig ssd and also swapped the wifi card to a intel one i had since the realtek one in it seems to be 2.4ghz only. just need to get a power supply for it then its in action.